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Find out more about staff at the Usher Institute.
Senior Leadership Team
Director | Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh |
Deputy Director | Professor Miguel O Bernabeu |
Dean of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences | Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley |
Heads of Centre: Biomedicine, Self & Society | Professors Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Martyn Pickersgill |
Heads of Centre: Global Health | Professors Harish Nair and Igor Rudan |
Heads of Centre: Medical Informatics | Professors Ewen Harrison and Julie Jacko |
Heads of Centre: Population Health Sciences | Professors Linda Bauld and David Weller |
Director of Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit | (Outgoing: Professor John Norrie ) Interim: Professor Steff Lewis |
Director of Education | Dr Jeni Harden |
Director of Postgraduate Research | Professor Jackie Price |
Director of Innovation | Dr Ahmar Shah |
Director of Knowledge Exchange and Research Impact | Professor Thanasis Tsanas |
Director of Research | Dr Fiona Dobbie |
Senior Research Strategy Manager | vacant |
Senior Responsible Officer, Data-Driven Innovation Hub |
Professor Nick Mills (Deputy: Professor Ewen Harrison) |
Director of Professional Services | Vivien Smith |
Head of Communications, Marketing and Engagement | Susan Buckingham |
Find contact details for our core Usher Institute teams (Communications, Human Resources, Finance, Operations, Research Support and Teaching Organisation)
Usher Institute staff
Emeriti, Honorary and Visiting staff
Affiliate members
Usher PhD, MRes and MD students
Centre staff lists
Interested in our sub-units? View staff lists split by primary Centre/Unit affiliation:
Medical Informatics - staff list
Population Health Sciences - staff list
Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit - staff list managed on separate website
We also have staff based in our Teaching Organisation, in teams working within our Health and Social Care Data-Driven Innovation Programme, and our Core Professional Services teams (see our Contact us page)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Usher Institute seeks to foster an inclusive, fair, respectful culture and a welcoming environment in which all staff and students can flourish.
Find our more about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the Usher Institute
General enquiry?
If you are making a general enquiry to the Usher Institute please find details on our contact us page.